Italian criminal gang planned to hold body for ransom.

Police foil plot to steal Enzo Ferrari's body

﻿Italian police have arrested more than 30 gang members over a failed attempt to steal the body of Enzo Ferrari.

According to reports from Italy a criminal gang on the Italian island of Sardinia was preparing to take Ferrari's coffin from its resting place in Modena and hold it for ransom. However, the gang, known as the Anonima Seqestri, was under survaliance by police and a raid by more than 300 police and military personel saw 34 people arrested in connection with the criminal scheme.

The group has a history of kidnapping people for ransom but this is believed to be the first time they have attempted to steal a dead body.

The gang was also involved in drug and arms trafficking and saw the theft and ransom of Ferrari's remains as another money making opportunity. According to the police the gang had a detailed plan to steal Ferrari's coffin including a hiding place in the Apennine Mountains and how they would demand the ransom from Ferrari's relatives.

Ferrari is buried in a cemetery in his hometown of Modena, not far from Ferrari's Maranello headquarters. The racing-driver-turned-businessman died in 1988.